WILSON RIVER 
ESCAPEMENT RECORD 
K 34 
Previous No. 29 
[Counts made by ground surveys are designated by G. Aerial surveys by A] 
101-32 
SURVEYED 
Date Miles By 
1937 
Sep 29 FWS 
1938 
Sep 14 FWS 
1939 
Sep 13 G .8 ASI,FWS 
1940 
Sep 13 G2.5 FWS 
Sep 29 G3.0 ASI 
1941 
Sep 26 Gi.5  FWS 
1943 
Sep 18 Gi1.0 FWS 
1948 
Aug 4 G2.0 FWS 
Aug 12 G3.0 ASI 
Aug 28 G4.0 ASI 
Sep 8 G1.0 ASI 
Sep 15 G2.5 ASI 
Oct 8 G2.0 ASI 
1949 
July 15 G .3 FRI 
July 26 G1.5  FWS 
Aug 6 G4.0 FRI 
Aug 11 G3.0 FWS 
Aug 19 G4.0 FRI 
Aug 27 A8.0 FRI 
Sep 1 G4.0 FRI 
Sep 11 G4.0 FRI 
Sep 26 G4.0 FRI 
1950 
July 18 G4.0 FRI 
July 30 G4.0 FRI 
Aug 7 Aill1.5 FRI 
Aug 8 G4.0 FRI 
Aug 18 G4.0 FRI 
Aug 30 G4.0 FRI 
Sep 11 G4.0 FRI 
1951 
July 22 G4.0 FRI 
July 25 A5.5 FRI 
July 29 A4.0 FRI 
July 30 G4.0 FRI 
Aug 8 G4.0 FRI 
Aug 18 G4.0 FRI 
Aug 31 G4.0 FRI 
Sep 14 G4.0 FRI 
PINK 
Live Dead 
1, 000 
6, 000 
2, 000 
30, 000 
150, 000 
155, 240 
105, 000 
75, 300 
50, 500 
1, 800 
437 
400 
47,400 135 
50, 000 
117,000 9,300 
120,000 2,000 
32, 000 30,000 
2,500 5,000 
30, 000 fe) 
70,000 0 
100, 000 
100,000 1,500 
55,000 7,000 
21,000 4,000 
20, 500 0 
79, 600 0 
75,200 100 
29,000 400 
29, 000 14,000 
11, 600 
CHUM 
Live 
5,000 
2, 000 
10, 000 
12, 000 
3, 200 
6, 000 
2,000 
5, 000 
Dead 
500 
50 
OTHER SPECIES 
Live 
100 king 
1 coho 
1, 700 coho 
1,000 coho 
11,000 coho 
Some coho, 10 king. 
6,000 coho 
60 king 
Coho present 
REMARKS 
Adjective Rating 
Poor. Few pink and spent chum 
Few pink. 1,000 off mouth 
Poor. Majority of fish females 
Poor. 2,000 off mouth 
Poor 
Fair. Water high and muddy 
Fair 
Excellent 
Some spent chum present in bay 
Few chum 
227,000 salmon, species not separated 
60,000 pink, 6,000 chum, 1,000 
king above marker 
River flooding 
Salmon on all suitable riffles 
Chum present. Dead pink. 30,000 
off mouth 
Some dead chum 
Some dead chum 
Few chum. Intertidal zone discolored 
18,350 salmon, many in intertidal 
12,000 salmon. None off mouth 
Very few fish in Smeaton Bay. 
4,000 above marker 
Some dead chum. Many fish at 
termination point on W. fork. 3,000 
above marker 
15,000 above marker 
100 coho, 8 red, 25 king. Few dead chum. Schools at mouth 
2, 250 coho 
Recent high water removed dead 
